Coin box for coin-controlled mechanisms



March 25, 1924. l 1,488,287-

l B. ROTH `COIN Box FOR G01N coNT'RoLLED MEpHANIsMs Patented Mar. 25,1924.

.ALBERT B. ROTH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, SSIGNOR, MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, '1"0WILLIAIYE N. FLEISCHMANN, OF NEW YORK,

COIN BOX FOR COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISMS.

Application filed April 3,

T0 all whom z'zf'may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. ROTH, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CoinBoxes for Coin-Controlled Mechanisms, of which the following is thespecication. i v

The device, the subject of this invention is a box, safe or cabinetintended to ultimately receivev the coin which passes into and controlsthe operation of vending machines or for coin controlled mechanisms.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a coin box, soconstructed that, while in position, coins may enter the box freely,butwhen removed from its place of operation, the box will be closedagainst the egress of coins.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for closing the coinslot, so that coins cannot be inserted or removed from the box andanother object of the invention is to close and lock the means, throughwhich the coin slot closing device is operated, so that foreign devicesor substances cannot be inserted into the box for the purpose of openingthe coin slot to allow the coins to pass outward therethrough.

The following is what I consider a good means of carrying out thisinvention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to fora-complete understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawings Fig. 1, shows my coin box in operative position, partsof the mechanism with which the box operates are shown in section.

Fig. 2, is an enlarged, top, plan view, showing the box in operativeposition.

Fig. 3, is a side elevation, partly in section of the view shown inFig. 1. Y

Fig. et, is an enlarged, side elevation and partial section, showing thebox locking mechanism.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures wherethey appear.

While my coin box may be utilized with coin controlled mechanisms of anynature, in the drawings, I show it operating with a scales, but,however, as the construction of the scales or their operation, does notin any way change the construction or operation of my coin box, I willmerely indicate "the `The column '7, serves as an enclosmgrmeans for thevertical 1923. "Serial NO. 629,560.

scales, describing the parts thereof, shown, but briefly. f

The plat-form of the scales is shown at 5 andthe base support for theplatform at 6. connected to the platform,

rod 8, which connects with the scale beam and it is in this column thatI arrange the coin box, which I will describe inv detail.

Within the column 7, I arrange a plurality of lugs as shown at 9 and 10,-which serve to support the coin boxand which I will indicate, in itsentirety at `11. A third lug 12 serves as a stop and guide for the coinbox and the coin conduit 13 conveys the coins from their entrance intothe machine to the coin box. Y

- The coin box 11 is an oblong casing formed of any suitable material,such as steel or aluminium and approximating' the top, though upon thetwo shortest sides of theV box, I arrange ways 14 and 15, adapted toengage upon the lugs 9 and 10, to'support the box. Extending upward fromthe top of the box 16, is a hopper or entrance chute 17, adapted to bearranged in line with the coin chute or conduit 13 and within the column7, I arrange another lug or projection 18 upon which is a bracket 19,the bracket 19 and lug 18 supports a pin 20, which is provided with aspring 2l, urging the pin toward the box.

The pin 2O enters the box, through the perforation 23 in one sidethereof and for the purpose that shall be described later. The bottom 24of my coin box is hinged to the box, if desired, or may be provided witha tongue and groove as shown at 26, at one side thereof, the bar 27 ofthe lock 25, passing over the lug 2S in one side of the box, to securethe bottom in position. It is through this bottom that the coin in thebox is intended to be discharged.

Arranged within the box 11 and at the upper end thereof, is a lockcontaining casing 29, having projections or lugs 30 and 31, formedintegral therewith. Through the lug or projection 30, a movable bar orbarrier 32 passes. This barrier is urged upward by a spring 33. Thebarrier is provided with an oblong perforation as shown at 34, throughwhich the pin 20 is adapted to pass, when the perforation 34 is broughtinto register with the perforation 23 in the side of the box 11. Pvotedto the lug or projection 31 is a hooked lever 35, adapted to engage aprojection 36 on the bar 32, to retain the spring 33 retracted. A link37 extends from the lever 35 to a second lever 38, which is pivoted at39-to a lug or projection 40 within the casing 29 and upon the platform41, l arrange a slide 42, an open box shaped member having a slot 43there-A cover 43, shown as secured to the walls ofV the inner casing 29.

lVhen the box is empty and out or' the machine with which it operates,the pin 2O is not in the position shown, as that pin is secured in themachine. The bar 32 then, should be retracted and the hook 35 caused toengage the projection 36, holding the spring 33 retracted. 'lf he slide42 will then be moved so that the passage through the chute 46 will beclosed. In this condition, the box is placed in the machine, with whichit is to be operated. The pin A20, entering through the perforations 23and 34, will move the slide 42 into the position shown in Fig. 4,withdrawing the hook 35 from the projection 36. The bar 32 will moveslightly upward, because of the oblong shape of the perforation 34. Now,when the box 11 isV removed from themachine with which it operates, thepin 20 will be withdrawn from the perforations 23 and 34, allowing theslide 42 to move forward to again close the passage through the chute 46and at this time, the bar will close the passage rthrough theperforation 23. The device can only be re-set by removing the bottom 24of the box and then proceeding as above described.

It will be noted that the coin passage is closed against movement of thecoin in either direction and that the passage cannot be opened from theexterior or the box.

The shape and the size oi' my coin box and the parts thereoii and eachassociated part may be changed at will` and other modications may bemade within the scope ot the appended claims, without departing from theprinciple or sacrilicing 'the advantages oi' the invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention, what claim and desireto obtain is l. A. coin box having a coin slot7 a spring operatedslidable member passing over said slot, means adapted to enter said box,to operate said slidab-le member, to prevent the insertion of saidmeans.

2. A4 coin box having a plurality or' passages entering said box, meanscontrolling said passages, means operating said controlling means toretain said passages open and means for closing said passages upon thewithdrawal otl the operating means.

3. A coin box havingl a coin chute enter ing therein, a slidable memberadjacent thereto and adapted to close said chute, means for operatingsaid slidable member to open said chute and means controlled by saidsiidable member, ior preventing the introduction of said operating meansfor said slidable member.

vSigned at the city` county, and State of New York, this 23d day ofMarch,l 1923.

ALBERT B. ROTH.

